I hate to start this thread, but I assume it will start to come up in conversation. For anyone who may not know, 24 year old James Holmes walked into a midnight premier of The Dark Knight Rises and opened fire. 12 were killed, and a reported 78 were injured. Holmes was dressed in body armor and was wearing a gas mask. He had a reported 4 weapons and an explosive that released smoke/gas into the theater.

I really have no words to say. I just don't understand people like this. This is incredibly tragic._________________
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:29 pm

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purpleparadoxPadawan

Joined: 16 Jul 2012Posts: 23

I agree. It's horrible beyond words. I don't understand how people can do these things. I mean, those victims, innocent moviegoers, they'll never get their lives back. And it's just as bad for those people's families and friends.

Not to be a cynic, but sometimes our society disgusts me.

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:05 pm

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Mad WookKnight

Joined: 14 Apr 2011Posts: 464

I was wondering if anyone was going to bring it up. You'd have to live on Mars to not have heard. It's just incredibly sad and disturbing all around. Many prayers and condolences to the victims and their families.

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:09 pm

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5799Location: Beyond Shadows

My family is on vacation, and they don't listen to the radio and have no TV. So they hadn't heard until I just told them. It's such a sad situation. That's all I can keep saying._________________
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:13 pm

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Mad WookKnight

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Ouch. It doesn't feel good to be the bearer of such horrible news. It is very sad. I don't know what else we could say. Sometimes you just want to huddle together and pray for it to be over or just a dream. I guess we just have to remember the thousands of beautiful things life has to offer, but it sure is difficult with this level of ugliness.

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:33 pm

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Luke92Knight

Joined: 19 May 2011Posts: 367Location: England

Some seriously messed up people in this world. Thankfully don't get anything like this here where I live, most we get is some teenage wannabe 'gangster' getting stabbed to death or shot dead in London or Manchester usually, and few people care because it raises the countries' average IQ level and gets another scumbag off the streets._________________Hear me now
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This is indeed a sad occasion, and my condolences go to the families of the dead.

I've heard it suggested that this man was psychologically ill. I don't know about the veracity of this claim, since I've not heard it suggested in other reports, but if true it's probable that we'll experience an increase in these cases. Statistically, the increase in populations - both global and local - would call for a proportionate increase in those with mental problems._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:11 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

Joined: 02 Feb 2008Posts: 2281Location: New York, USA

I've been wondering about why no one saw this coming. Assuming the guy didn't own collect this stuff over several years shouldn't buying a bunch of guns, body armor, smoke grenades, plus enough explosives/material to make explosive devices to rig his apartment set off all sorts of red flags with some agency somewhere?_________________

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:13 pm

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Mad WookKnight

Joined: 14 Apr 2011Posts: 464

You would think. But if terrorists learning to fly passenger planes doesn't, then what does?

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:41 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

Joined: 02 Feb 2008Posts: 2281Location: New York, USA

Mad Wook wrote:

You would think. But if terrorists learning to fly passenger planes doesn't, then what does?

If nothing else comes of this I hope we at least take note of how the guy was able to create such a massive arsenal without raising any suspicion and close the loopholes in the system that allowed him to do so._________________

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:30 am

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HogyMaster

Joined: 14 Dec 2011Posts: 934Location: Nar Shaddaa

Things like this sad me. More and more we get to have poodoo like this.
Like Luke92 said, local stabbings and things don't even move us anymore.

I may joke and use sarcasm in the 2012 thread, but I worry that things like that will kill humanity. We have people who "want to go out in style" and egomaniac psychopaths running countries and corporations.

Homo sapiens dementia?_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:13 am

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DannikJerrikoEUC Staff

Joined: 09 Nov 2011Posts: 1236Location: Nirn

Is it true that the guy was wearing a Batman costume, so instead of banning guns, they banned wearing costumes in cinemas? _________________There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

You shall learn that history is an intricate weaving of many events. No one thing can be understood without the proper context.

I don't think he was wearing a Batman costume. I think he was wearing the armour and dyed his hair red. The banning of costumes, I think, is accurate though._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:46 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6658Location: Missouri

According to CNN he was wearing full tactical hear, a helmet, gas mask and a bullet proof vest. CNN also said he bought all the stuff over a 3 month period leading up to the shooting.

I know one thing, it's hard to go see a movie now without feeling creepy. Sitting there in the theater, you feel trapped and exposed, especially if you're like me and like to sit in the middle of the row. It would be very difficult to make it to the exit._________________
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